There is something unmistakable about a Michael Newsted photograph. It lives in the quality of light, the pull of a moment, the sense that something long forgotten has been coaxed back into the frame. Some childhood wonder, returned. He captures what most of us stop seeing: empowerment and vulnerability, held together in the same breath. His subjects are unguarded and alive, and there is a playfulness to his work that feels like a memory you cannot quite place. That same quality carries across any camera, any format, any grain — shooting on sleek digital or a well worn point and shoot from the seventies, the warmth and vibrancy of his images never wavers.

Michael is based in Los Angeles, California.